Current Chicago Players 2020

[PolackTony]

Also forgot to say to add:

Donald "Captain D" DiFazio: Chinatown

Fred Barbara: Chinatown

Robert Di Diana: Taylor street associate and connected to SD gang. Owns baci pizza chain

Di Diana from Baci's is connected to the SDs? SDs from 21 and Oakley?

I made a mistake. I meant Traveling Vice Lords from that area. He went to school with some of the leaders and hired them to burn down one of his pizza places to collect the insurance money. He got four years for it.

Ah ok, I remember now reading about this at the time in the papers and wondering if it was Mob related. Interesting the involvement of the TVLs. I believe that Chuckie Nicoletti, who lived right ny there on Campbell, had narcotics links with the Vice Lords going back to the late 60s/70s.

[PolackTony]

I know that Paulie was listed of the owner of some property on Huron, though I believe he lived on Race. So maybe that's the place you're talking about. Next time I'm in Chicago I'll check it out. Also, Lombardo of course lived on Ohio (221o across from Mitchell). But the place you're talking about is on Huron and Leavitt?

@funkster

[funkster]

I know that Paulie was listed of the owner of some property on Huron, though I believe he lived on Race. So maybe that's the place you're talking about. Next time I'm in Chicago I'll check it out. Also, Lombardo of course lived on Ohio (221o across from Mitchell). But the place you're talking about is on Huron and Leavitt?

Nope, it's on Ohio. I don't remember the cross street. And it is definitely him then, the sign says "PMK" is based on an address on Race.

[funkster]

Thats interesting since it seems that the same information goes both ways, meaning some say Iozzo was also ousted as an informant....

Sorry, poorly worded. The accounts seemed to be linked to family Caparelli but were talking about Iozzo being an informant.

[Villain]

Thats interesting since it seems that the same information goes both ways, meaning some say Iozzo was also ousted as an informant....

Sorry, poorly worded. The accounts seemed to be linked to family Caparelli but were talking about Iozzo being an informant.

Thanks

[Mason_dixon]

Isn’t the outfit still majorly involved in unions? I know they used to sell carpenters union cards like crazy to non union contractors and they had several Concrete companies all over Indiana involved in a huge price fixing scam about 10 years ago. The IMI brothers 4 that owned it all did a couple years in prison. My friends dad who sold out and blew the whistle for his smaller central and southern Indiana concrete company had the green light on him for some time and might have been witness protection for a few years. We were living together as this all went down since they didn’t nail the whistle blower the torched his brothers 2+ million dollar lake house the day it was completed on my grandparents lake about 5 minutes from the lake I live on down in south central Indiana. I just remember my dad having so many using cards and making a killing that he had bought from associates. Aren’t they still heavily involved in unions? Chicago is stil rqnked the most corrupt city in the US

[Mason_dixon]

I was living with the son of the whistle blower in college up at Purdue. About 2 hours south of Chi. Is there no activity in lake County Indiana anymore ? Also all the casinos going up they gotta be involved in these Atleast having loan sharks in towns like shelbyville indiana I’d think at the Indiana Grand Casino.

[Wiseguy]

Isn’t the outfit still majorly involved in unions? I know they used to sell carpenters union cards like crazy to non union contractors and they had several Concrete companies all over Indiana involved in a huge price fixing scam about 10 years ago. The IMI brothers 4 that owned it all did a couple years in prison. My friends dad who sold out and blew the whistle for his smaller central and southern Indiana concrete company had the green light on him for some time and might have been witness protection for a few years. We were living together as this all went down since they didn’t nail the whistle blower the torched his brothers 2+ million dollar lake house the day it was completed on my grandparents lake about 5 minutes from the lake I live on down in south central Indiana. I just remember my dad having so many using cards and making a killing that he had bought from associates. Aren’t they still heavily involved in unions? Chicago is stil rqnked the most corrupt city in the US

Depends on what you mean by majorly involved.

Despite recent cases like Coli and Matassa, we haven't seen that many labor racketeering cases out of Chicago since the Stier Teamsters report in 2002. There have, and still are, examples of descendants of past Outfit figures either in union positions or involved with companies that service unions. But it's debatable whether they could be considered Outfit operatives or simply otherwise law abiding people who benefited from their relationships with past mobsters.

I was living with the son of the whistle blower in college up at Purdue. About 2 hours south of Chi. Is there no activity in lake County Indiana anymore ? Also all the casinos going up they gotta be involved in these Atleast having loan sharks in towns like shelbyville indiana I’d think at the Indiana Grand Casino.

If the Chicago Heights crew is long gone, I wouldn't expect to see anything in Indiana.

[Patrickgold]

I was living with the son of the whistle blower in college up at Purdue. About 2 hours south of Chi. Is there no activity in lake County Indiana anymore ? Also all the casinos going up they gotta be involved in these Atleast having loan sharks in towns like shelbyville indiana I’d think at the Indiana Grand Casino.

There is still activity in Lake County. Polekatz And Scores are both in Lake County and we all know about their Outfit connections. As for individual people. I can’t remember his name but his last name is Johnson. Not italian but His dad was heavily involved with the Outfit with prostitution. The son got busted over 10 years ago for something, I think prostitution but can’t recall. Anyone know who I’m talking about?

[Villain]

Most of them dont need the unions anymore since they have their own firms and also political contacts regarding deals and stuff

[Confederate]

Most of them don't need the unions anymore since they have their own firms and also political contacts regarding deals and stuff

Exactly. In addition, I think your list with Pete was very good. Some of these other names being "added" by a few other guys are not verifiable & are just local peoples's "opinion" to try and pump up the half dead Outfit IMO. Just because somebody is "related" to a current or dead Outfit guy doesn't mean he "Belongs" to the Outfit or is even an "Associate".

[Patrickgold]

Most of them don't need the unions anymore since they have their own firms and also political contacts regarding deals and stuff

Exactly. In addition, I think your list with Pete was very good. Some of these other names being "added" by a few other guys are not verifiable & are just local peoples's "opinion" to try and pump up the half dead Outfit IMO. Just because somebody is "related" to a current or dead Outfit guy doesn't mean he "Belongs" to the Outfit or is even an "Associate".

Let us know which of these names that were added just to pump up the half dead Outfit. Your expertise is requested. Please share

[Patrickgold]

Joseph Johnston was an Outfit guy in NW Indiana. I will try to find the article on his arrest. His family goes way back with Outfit.

Also, another Outfit associate that I forgot to mention is Bruno Mancari. Unfortunately he was deported to Italy after his gun case. I did hear he got caught trying to sneak back in through Canada. So he would be inactive as far as I know

[Patrickgold]

Found the article on one of the Outfit’s guy in NW Indiana, Joe Johnston. Case is almost 20 years old but I think he is still alive. Not sure if he is still active

https://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-and ... 019e3.html

[Villain]

This project is about the current state of the Outfit...the organization is obviously half dead but on the other hand, nobody is pumping up shit around here since I trust all of you guys...so fellas pls calm down before this erupts in the "long forgotten" Chicago dick measuring contests. Thanks in advance

So....Da Lucianos in River Grove...is it true that is run by some "zips" and what evidence we have about that claim?